Johan Derksen Dismisses Ilse Warringa’s Critique โฃof ‘today Inside’โ as “Contemptuous” and Overblown
Television personality Johan derksen has sharplyโ respondedโข to actress Ilse Warringa’s dismissive comments about Today Inside, labeling โขthe โprogram aโฃ mere “talk show” and not “culture” during a recent appearance on Shownieuws. Derksen’s rebuttal,โค deliveredโ on Today Inside itself, underscores aโข broader debate about the role of public broadcasting versus commercial channels โขinโค supporting culturally meaningful programming inโฃ the Netherlands.
Warringa, known โforโ her success โwith theโค popular seriesโฃ De Luizen Moeder (The โคHead Liceโ Mother), hadโค argued that her show wouldn’t have been โpossible without the support of theโค NPO (Netherlands Publicโฃ Broadcasting). She asserted thatโค commercial broadcasters like RTL or SBS wouldn’t have โtaken a risk onโข a program she characterized as โ”cultural and artistic” andโ “outspoken.” When Shownieuws host Ronald Molendijk pointed out Today โคInside’s own provocative nature,Warringa reportedly dismissed itโ with a gesture,stating it was “just a talkโค show” and not comparable toโ creating โsomething โoriginal.
“Mrs. Warringa was chattingโ there,” derksen said on Today Inside, as reported โคby Mediacourant.nl. โ”She didโ aโ niceโข job with De โLuizen Moeder. โขI realy enjoyed that, but she is now talking as if she has won the biggest prizeโข in Hollywood with โa bestselling film. Well, itโ was about a โคsoap opera, right?”
Fellow Today โInside panelist Renรฉโ van der โGijp chimedโข in, suggesting Warringa’s success doesn’t equate to creating a globalโ phenomenon โlike friends. Derksen echoed this sentiment,questioning Warringa’s claim that public โbroadcasting isโฃ essential for series like De Luizen Moeder. โข”Then I think: dude, what โare you talking about?” he stated. Wilfred geneeโ then asked if De Luizen Moeder could have aired on SBS, to which Derksen replied, โ”yes, why not?”
Derksen went on to โdescribe Warringa as “a weird chick,” whileโ acknowledging her initial โsuccess. Though, he also criticized Today Inside โitself,โค stating, “We are not a culture! We have aโ presenter here who only wants to sing ugly songs and then we have one who only wants to talk aboutโค football and one โwho keepsโ talking about wolves!”โ He concluded his critique by saying Warringa’s tone was “contemptuous” and that she “overestimates her own series a bit,” adding, “It was โfun, nothing more than that. Whatโ came after was a complete failure.”